Patents by Inventor Torsten Richard Mathias TINGSTRÖM

Torsten Richard Mathias TINGSTRÖM has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Aerosol-generating device having outer and inner lighting arrays
    Patent number: 11957181
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating device is provided for heating an aerosol-forming substrate to generate an inhalable aerosol during a usage session, the aerosol-generating device including: control electronics; and an outer lighting array partially or wholly surrounding an inner lighting array, the control electronics being coupled to the outer and inner lighting arrays and are configured to: i) selectively activate one of the outer and inner lighting arrays to generate a first predetermined light emission conveying first data indicative of a state of the aerosol-generating device, and ii) selectively activate the other of the outer and inner lighting arrays to generate a second predetermined light emission conveying second data indicative of a state of the aerosol-generating device, in which the first data and the second data are different from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Enrico Stura, Torsten Richard Mathias Tingström, Ezequiel Valdez Rojas, Valerio Oliana
  • AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20230301369
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating device is provided for heating an aerosol-forming substrate to generate an inhalable aerosol during a usage session, the aerosol-generating device including: control electronics; and an outer lighting array partially or wholly surrounding an inner lighting array, the control electronics being coupled to the outer and inner lighting arrays and are configured to: i) selectively activate one of the outer and inner lighting arrays to generate a first predetermined light emission conveying first data indicative of a state of the aerosol-generating device, and ii) selectively activate the other of the outer and inner lighting arrays to generate a second predetermined light emission conveying second data indicative of a state of the aerosol-generating device, in which the first data and the second data are different from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Enrico STURA, Torsten Richard Mathias TINGSTRÖM, Ezequiel VALDEZ ROJAS, Valerio OLIANA